Spraying appliance.



J. 0. RYAN.

SPBAYING APPLIANCE.

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Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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JAMES 0. RYAN, OF GASPORT, NEW YORK.

SPRAYING APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Application filed February 18, 1908. Serial No. 416,527.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. R ran, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gasport, in the county of Niagara and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SprayingAppliances; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in spraying apliances and my object is to provide a nozzlb carrying telescoping frameand rotating support therefor.

A further object is to provide means for pivotally securing the frame tothe support.

A further object is to rovide means for raising or lowering the disclarging end of said frame.

A further object is to swivelly mount the supporting mechanism wherebythe nozzle may be swung laterally and a still further object is toprovide suitable brace members for the supporting device.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application,Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved nozzle supporting appliancein its operative position, and, Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof, asseen on line 22, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates astandard, the lower end of which is secured in a socket 1 in a base 2,while the up er end thereof is provided with a head 2 aving ears 3,between which is pivotally secured a tongue 4, depending from a platform5.

Secured to the platform in any preferred manner, as by means of splitcollars 6, is a nozzle frame 7, which is preferably constructed of metaland formed of telescoping sections of various lengths, whereby saidframe may be lengthened or shortened, as desired, the smaller sectionbeing provided at its outer end with a spraying nozzle 8, the sectionsbeing held in their adjusted positions by means of clamps 9. y

This device is adapted more particularly to be used in connection with aspraying apparatus (not shown), and the spraying solu tion is conveyedto the nozzle through a hose 10, which hose may be secured in anysuitable manner to the end of the telescoping section farthest from thenozzle, or extended through the sections and secured to the end of thesection having the nozzle thereon and by pivotally mounting the platformon the upper end of the standard 1, it will be readily seen that thedischarging nozzle may be readily swungupwardly or downwardly to deliverthe spraying solution to objects of various heights and by swivellymounting the standard 1 in the base 2, said nozzle may be swunglaterally as well as vertically.

The end of the frame containing the nozzle S is readily raised andlowered by mounting a drum 12 between brackets 13 on the standard 1 andextending a cable 14 from the drum to that end of the frame farthestfrom the nozzle and it will be readily seen that when the cable is woundupon or unwound from the drum, the height of the nozzle wil beaccordingly regulated. The major portion of the frame 7 is placed at oneside of the pivot point of the platform 5, so that when the cable isunwound from the drum, the heavier end of thcframe, or that endcontaining the nozzle, will readily descend by gravity, while bysecuring the cable to the opposite end of the frame, the nozzle endthereof will be raised when the cable is wound on the drum.

To prevent the cable from unwinding from he drum, until such time as itis desired to lower the spraying end of the frame, I secure to the druma ratchet 15, with. which is adapted to cooperate a pawl l6, carried byone of the brackets 13 and it will be readily seen that as long as thepawl is in engagement with said ratchet, the spraying end of the framewill be held in its elevated position.

In conjunction with the base 2 for supporting the standard 1, I providea plurality of arms 17, which are secured at their upper ends to acollar 17 surrounding the standard 1 and at a distance above the base 2,said arms radiating from the standard and having feet 18 thereon, whichengage and rest upon the bottom of a wagon bed 19 or other suitablesupport and assist in holding the standard in a vertical position.

This appliance is more particularly adapt able for spraying trees, orthe like, where said trees grow at a considerable height and it will bereadily seen that l have provided a very efiicient and cheapconstruction for supporting the nozzle frame and likewise that thenozzle may be readily raised or lowered as desired and by forming theframe of telescoping sections, the s raying fluid may be carried to aconsiderab e height. It will also be seen that in View of the variousangles to which the nozzle may be extended, the device may be used forspraying small plants, such as potatoes, as Well as directing a streamof Water onto a building in case of fire.

What I claim is:

In a spraying attachment, the combination With a standard; of a headengaging the end of the standard, ears projecting from the head, atongue positioned between the ears and pivoted thereto, a platform fromwhich the tongue depends, a nozzle frame held by the platform, bracketsprojecting from the standard, a drum mounted in the brackets, means forholding the drum against movement in one direction and a flexibleconnection between the drum and one end of the nozzle frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES C. RYAN.

Witnesses 2 LEWIS METoALF, M. A. WATTs.

